hemorrhaged

Variant of hemorrhage

noun

the escape of large quantities of blood from a blood vessel; heavy bleeding

Origin: Fr hémorrhagie < L haemorrhagia < Gr haimorrhagia < haima, blood (see hemo-) + base of rhēgnynai, to break, burst

intransitive verb hemorrhaged, hemorrhaging

to have a hemorrhage

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